Stater Bros. employees hand out balloons and cookies to customers at the grocery chain’s Grand Terrace store to mark the company’s 80th anniversary Wednesday. The company, headquartered in San Bernardino, will grow to 169 stores next week.

Fielding Buck has been a business reporter since 2014 with a focus on logistics, supply chain and GIS. Prior experience includes extensive entertainment reporting. He loves photography and dogs and lives in San Bernardino County.